Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder cattle sold higher across the board with extremely high demand and avg quality.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $302.86/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −109.46 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$302.86

5 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,681

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$135

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$13.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.82

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	308.10	1,736	3thin
Medium and Large 2	543	295.00	1,600	2thin

One grade step is worth $13.10/cwt here — about $135 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

6 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $440.81, low $383.65, median $412.32 across 6 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale5 hd

302.86

—

MS average10 barns · 101 hd

315.68

−12.82

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−109.46

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,090	125.47	1,368	3thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	940	$2,100	1thin

Every lot, as filed

34 lots · USDA AMS · Peoples Livestock Auction - Houston, MS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,701	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,782	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,939	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,089	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	433.60/cwt	415.00–455.00	1,474	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	333.31/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,367	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,838	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	393.18/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,455	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	413.63/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,779	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,910	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,771	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	395.48/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,455	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	398.94/cwt	375.00–425.00	1,827	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	307.44/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,442	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	351.90/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,478	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	399.62/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,311	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,713	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	424.00/cwt	395.00–449.00	1,598	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,307	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	292.50/cwt	250.00–335.00	1,126	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,425	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	402.40/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,646	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	344.92/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,600	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,554	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,643	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	304.65/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,752	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,330	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	940	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,090	125.47/cwt	114.25–130.00	1,368	3

How this sale compares

Mississippi weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Mississippi auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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